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Ocado Technology's Kubermesh

Instead of relying on servers concentrated in one large data center, the new
Kubermesh is designed to simplify data-center architectures for smart factories by
elegantly and cost effectively leveraging a distributed network of computing nodes
spread across the enterprise. Developed by Ocado Technology, a division of
Ocado (the world's largest online-only supermarket), the Kubermesh package uses
container-based technology and the Kubernetes system to implement an on-premises
private cloud architecture in which desktop computers can be configured as nodes
supporting the compute or storage functionality typically delivered by
high-performance servers in a data center.

Ocado Technology observes that
Kubermesh-based nodes are fault-tolerant, secure, flexible and designed to process
the generous amounts of real-time data generated in smart factories. By
distributing data-center functionality into a mesh network of nodes, Kubermesh
alleviates the need for a dedicated data center and complex networking
infrastructure, resulting in significant reductions in not just energy consumption
but also the capital and significant operational expenditures that come with
maintaining in-house high-performance servers.

With Kubermesh, Ocado Technology
hopes for internal gains through unlocking the potential of container
technology and external gains as the Open Source community deploys and develops
Kubermesh in new and exciting ways.